It s the first time snow has settled in the region since 2011. Students Neive Rayner, Lily Single and teacher Ben Single made a giant snowballs, threw snowballs at each other and made use of the snow-covered playground.
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Pembroke School was closed on Tuesday, but some students still headed along for a play in the snow. Neive Rayner, left, Lily Single, teacher Ben Single and Neive Rayner made a giant snowball. It was the first time Single had ever had to make the call to close the school for a snow day. “It’s the best day ever,” she said.
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Jesse Hereora, 12, and Nathaniel Adlam, 14, love fishing for rainbow trout at a spot in King Edward Park along the Stratford Discovery Trail.
The Shakespearean Taranaki town of Stratford may be known for its link to the Bard, but its discovery trail shows off some of its hidden gems. Te Ara o Ruaputahanga ki Whakaahurangi (Stratford Discovery Trail) was mapped out by the local council this summer, leading walkers through six kilometres of the town’s many attractions. And while the trail runs past the Southern Hemisphere’s only glockenspiel, which has figurines of Romeo and Juliet reaffirming their vows four times a day, and along its Shakespeare-named roads, it’s the parts further away from State Highway 3 that need to be discovered.